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NSG122/ NSG 122 Exam 3: (New 2024/ 2025
Update) Nursing Fundamental Concepts
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What is important to remember about food safety in the healthcare setting? Answer: Check temperature gauges, do not cross containment, and ensure temperature of food is accurate for type of food.
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What increases BMR? Answer:
- Growth
- Infections
- Fever
- Stress
- Environmental extremes
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What decreases BMR? Answer: Aging, prolonged fasting, and sleep
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How do you obtain food history from an adolescent?
Answer: Ask the patient. Don't refer question to parents.
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If patient has a concern about something what is the next thing you should ask or say to them...? Answer: Get them to talk more about it by asking open-ended questions such as "Can you tell me more about that.... ?"
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If you were in a patients room and found a pill in the patients bed what would you do? Answer: Send the pill to pharmacy for identification, and document in patients chart.
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If a patient is NPO for 6 - 8 hours does that affect their bowel movements? Answer: No
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What type of diagnostics testing can change a patients bowel movements? Answer: Barium enema for CT can cause constipation and changes in BM.
Provide plenty of water, for females ensure you pee after sexual intercourse, and wear cotton panties.
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What is mind-body practice? Answer: Energy medicine
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If a provider attempts to contact you during a med pass what should you do? Answer: Call the provider back after med pass is complete.
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If a code occurs during med pass what should you do? Answer: Lock up the meds, and then respond to code.
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How do you promote swallowing in a patient with dementia? Answer: Rub the throat
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What could cause weight gain in patients?
Answer: Stress
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What are some foods you should advise your patient NOT to eat if they have constipation? Answer: Beans, onions, or cabbage
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If a patient has an NG tube what care must the nurse perform? Answer: Pull contents from the NG tube, check pH, return contents, and flush with 30mL of water every 4 hours.
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If you have medication orders with no signature what must you do? Answer: Contact the provider for verification, and inform of no signature.
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When should children begin toilet training? Answer:
- When they begin showing signs of voluntary control between the ages of 18 months and 24 months of age.
- When the child can hold their urine for 2 hours
- When they can begin to recognize the feeling of a full bladder or
- When they can communicate the need to void
Answer: ER, intercoated or gel pills cannot be crushed
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What does metabolized refer to? Answer: The liver
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What does excrete refer to? Answer: The kidneys
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What government agency monitors narcotics prescriptions? Answer: DEA
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If you have a providers order that calls for 0.5 of a narcotic what must you do with the other 0.5? Answer: You must observe the two-nurse rule and dispose of in front of another nurse. Both nurses must chart in the patients records.
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What happens if you have an incomplete order in the patients chart? Answer: Contact the provider
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What must you always do when administering medications to children? Answer: BE HONEST about the taste, mix if needed, and if medication is dissolvable put in-between the cheek and teeth.
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What can you use to aid children with taking medications? Answer: Ice, pudding or popsicles
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What happens if a patient declines their medication? Answer: Educate the patient on the reason why the medication was prescribed, notate in the patient's chart the refusal, and notify the provider.
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Which vitamins are water soluble? Answer: Vitamin B and C
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What is a patient calorie count? Nurse will count the total amount of calories consumed by the patient on their shift.
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What does digoxin do? Slows, strengthens, and regulates the heartbeat.
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How much water should a patient consume per day? 8 - 10 glasses or 2 - 3L
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What is one sterile procedure performed at bedside? Foley catheter
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If you break sterility when inserting a foley what should you do? Get another kit, OR have another nurse who is in the room get you another kit.
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When do you empty Foley catheter bags? Answer: When 2/3rd's full
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Where should you attach Foley catheter? Answer: To a stationary part of the bed.
